FALL 2024
"Barbecue Apocalypse" by Matt Lyle
AUDITIONS
- Info Meeting/Read Through: Thus. September 19th 4-6:00pm
- Auditions: Fri. September 20th, 4:00-6:00pm
- Rehearsals Begin September 23rd 4:00-7:00pm Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays
PERFORMANCES
- November 15, 16 & 17; 22, 23, & 24
- Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm
- Sunday at 2pm
Tickets on sale October 10th
“Three couples gather on the back deck of a very modest suburban home for a mid-summer barbecue where the hosts, Mike and Deb, struggle with feelings of inadequacy about their home decor, their clothes, their careers, their culinary skills, and pretty much everything else. Ash is a successful yuppy with impeccable taste but annoys the hell out of his wife, Lulu, who likes to get very drunk, very quickly. Win mistakes his obnoxious confidence for charm, and his new girlfriend, Glory, is just too young and beautiful to be tolerated by other women. Throughout the first act feelings are hurt over the difference between “Organic” and “All Natural” beef, who’s pregnant and who’s just put on a little weight, and a nearly crippling iPhone addiction. The superficial, neuroses-laden interpersonal squabbles bubble over to a flash of inept violence when Win makes what we learn is just one in a series of passes at Deb. As the act closes, the group discovers that the rest of the world has been literally falling apart during their little, terrible barbecue. Act Two takes place on the same deck for another barbecue to celebrate their one-year post-apocalypsiversary. In a year where the only way to measure success is survival, roles have reversed, and we explore how each character’s basic nature has allowed them to adapt and thrive or has pushed them to the brink of extinction.”
BE ADVISED:
- This play contains language, content, and depictions of violence that some would deem inappropriate for younger audience.
- Parental caution is advised for anyone under 16.
- Dark Comedy 100 minutes (with intermission)